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Thread: Who Hones in the U.K?
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10-17-2010, 12:07 PM #1
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Thanked: 0Who Hones in the U.K?
Hey,
Thought i'd post here, so that someone would see it, but does anyone have a recommendation for someone who hones in the UK? I looked on the classifieds, and contacted a guy called Gary, but couldn't get a reply, and there's hardly anyone else, so i figured I'd ask here if any knows a trusted honemeister in the UK. I'm new to honing, and I want to learn it properly, although I have a norton waterstone, I want someone to set my Dovo straight first of all.
cheers!
Benhowe
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10-17-2010, 01:01 PM #2
Neil Miller gets my personal recommendation, and there's also The Invisible Edge whose service I haven't used, but their reputation is good.
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10-17-2010, 01:31 PM #3
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Thanked: 23+1 on Neil Miller.
Claude
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10-17-2010, 01:44 PM #4
Welcome to SRP. +1 on Neil, and Steve Dempster of the Invisible Edge. I have no personal experience with Neil's honing but I've read many posts singing his praises. Steve (blue principle on SRP) honed a couple of TI razors I bought from him and they are exceptional. Gary Haywood is in the UK and I hear he knows his way around a hone as well. I don't know if he offers the service though.
Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.
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10-17-2010, 02:17 PM #5
I've had great results from Gary Haywood , he's got an add in the classified section, really nice guy to deal with too
ian
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10-17-2010, 02:26 PM #6
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10-17-2010, 03:27 PM #7
Third vote for Gary Haywood, had two super hones from him very reasonbly priced and pretty quick, pretty strange he hasn't answered your email, he must be busy
regards alex
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10-17-2010, 03:36 PM #8
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10-17-2010, 04:09 PM #9
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Thanked: 13240Besides all the excellent recommendations above you really should take a look at this thread
http://straightrazorpalace.com/get-t...orcon-its.html
If you can make it to a Meetup or RazorCon by all means attend... One or two days there will teach you more than you can learn in 6 months of reading...
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10-17-2010, 04:25 PM #10
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Thanked: 9Gary has done a few for me, and i cant praise him enough.